Tag: Buddhist Action Month 2014

Triratna News
Triratna News

Telling the story of India's Dhamma Revolution in Europe

By Munisha on Wed, 2 Jul, 2014 - 00:02

Telling the story of India's Dhamma Revolution in Europe

By Munisha on Wed, 2 Jul, 2014 - 00:02Amalavajra writes from the India Dhamma Trust, which raises money for the ordination training of Indian Buddhists:

“Amrutdeep, a senior Indian Order member and Public Preceptor, recently completed a successful tour of six Triratna Centres in the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Germany. Coinciding with Buddhist Action Month, his visit fitted the Month’s overarching social action theme very well.

Visiting the sanghas at Metta Vihara, Arnhem, Amsterdam, Paris, Ghent and Essen, he told the story of Dr...
Buddhist Action Month 2014
Buddhist Action Month 2014

Sheffield reports on activist workshop

By Munisha on Tue, 1 Jul, 2014 - 14:18

Sheffield reports on activist workshop

By Munisha on Tue, 1 Jul, 2014 - 14:18Mark Wells writes from Sheffield, where it turns out BAM is not over after all, as they still have one event to go!

“We had the ‘Positive and Effective Activism’ event yesterday for BAM, which went very well. There were eight of us there, which I was delighted with. We had a really good, and at times moving, discussion about what motivates us as activists (or potential activists). Quite a few people there were very interested in...
Triratna News
Triratna News

Buddhist Action Month 2014 closes

By Munisha on Tue, 1 Jul, 2014 - 00:58

Buddhist Action Month 2014 closes

By Munisha on Tue, 1 Jul, 2014 - 00:58We’ve had the bold BAM! logo at the top of this page since the start of June. What was it? What happened?

Throughout June, a great many activities took place, in Brighton, Colchester, Essen, Exeter, Leeds, London, Manchester and Stockholm, to name just a few places.

Originally conceived of by the Network of Buddhist Organisations UK as a nationwide day of British pan-Buddhist social action in 2012, Buddhist Action Month grew to a month in 2013...
Buddhist Action Month 2014
Buddhist Action Month 2014

Buddhist Action Month closes

By Munisha on Mon, 30 Jun, 2014 - 17:12

Buddhist Action Month closes

By Munisha on Mon, 30 Jun, 2014 - 17:12Buddhist Action Month is over. Long live BAM!

Read an overview of how it went, over on Triratna News.

It’s been hard to find out what you’ve been doing, however; clearly in future we need to develop the “communications” aspect of BAM, to encourage people to network across Triratna - and beyond, to all the other Buddhist traditions involved - and tell each other what they’ve done. Putting stuff on your personal or Centre...
Buddhist Action Month 2014
Buddhist Action Month 2014

Send us your BAM news

By Munisha on Mon, 16 Jun, 2014 - 20:58

Send us your BAM news

By Munisha on Mon, 16 Jun, 2014 - 20:58Apologies if, a day ago, you looked for a similar post that’s now disappeared…

So… here we go again.

If you’re doing fab stuff for BAM, there’s just one more thing we’d love you to do.
Tell us about it. And we’ll tell everyone else.

Please send
  • details of forthcoming events
  • short reports on what you’ve done (up to 350 words)
  • pictures
  • little videos and
  • audio.

Email your news to munisha [at] triratnadevelopment.org (Munisha.)
Triratna Young Buddhists
Triratna Young Buddhists

UK Buddhist Action Month begins

By Munisha on Mon, 2 Jun, 2014 - 12:59

UK Buddhist Action Month begins

By Munisha on Mon, 2 Jun, 2014 - 12:59The UK’s Buddhist Action Month (BAM) began yesterday, with Buddhist groups all over the UK - and even in Stockholm and Essen too - beginning a month of talks and activities celebrating Buddhist social action. The theme is the environment, but you can do anything that benefits others more generally beyond your Centre and sangha, inspired by the Dharma.

Some people are going vegan for a month, or changing their search engine to Ecosia ...